She had found it. She had finally found it. She had finally found the nest of vampires working for Twilight, the vamps that had attacked their home, the vamps that had killed some of the girls. They were going to pay. She wasn't going to let them get away with what they had done to her and her friends. She had finally, FINALLY started to open up, and get to know some of the girls in her charge. Angel had seen to that. He had told her that she needed to open up or else it wouldn't matter anymore. She wouldn't have anyone to fight for anymore. She listened. Those girls hadn't just been working for her. They weren't just allies or her soldiers, they were her friends and these bastards had murdered them. They had even captured and tortured some of them and then left their cold dead bloodied bodies on the front stoop of her door. They had killed Satsu, for fun, to get to her. They had turned her into a vampire and left her as a welcoming gift along with the battered bodies of the other girls. It had been one of Buffy's worse nightmares since they had activated these girls, having to fight one of the girls who had been turned into a vampire. She couldn't do it. She couldn't dust Satsu that night. It just felt wrong. Satsu had been dangerous to. She'd had the strength and speed of a master vampire, yet she was only a fledgling. Buffy couldn't imagine what Satsu would be like in a hundred years. Yet, she still couldn't do it. She couldn't bring herself to shove that piece of wood into her former lover's heart. Only Angel and Spike had understood. Only they had known why it was so hard to do that for her. Giles and Xander had ridiculed her for it, and everyone else had just looked at her with pity silently asking themselves if she was strong enough to be their leader. Angel and Spike had stood up for her, had yelled at the others and told them to leave her alone. They reminded everyone that Buffy was in charge, she was their leader, and that she was the best person for the job. Buffy wasn't so sure herself anymore if she was the best person for the job. If she had been a good leader, a strong leader she would have been able to do what was necessary and instead she had let a very dangerous vampire escape. Well, she wasn't going to let that happen again.

Now was her chance. As soon as she had found the nest she had called Willow to let her know what she had discovered. They were seriously outnumbered. There had to be at least fifty vampires in that cavern and there were fourteen other slayers with her on patrol. The girl whom she had sent into the cavern as a scout, Amy was her name, had told them that the vampires were on the move. They were only going to be in the cavern for a few more minutes. Willow had told Buffy that she needed to give her a few more minutes to get everything ready and then transport everyone to the cavern. Buffy knew that it was smarter to wait for Willow, but if she did then the vampires might get away. The vampires who had caused her so much pain would get away and they would go back to Twilight. Twilight, who was trying to end the world. She couldn't let them get away. She couldn't let them get back to Twilight. This was there chance. There chance to put a hitch in the bad guys plan and she wasn't going to blow it. Screw waiting. Screw playing it safe. Sometimes you just have to take the risk. Sometimes you have to sacrifice everything just to save the day and she was going to do just that. If Willow got here in time to bail them out, good for them, but she wasn't going to risk letting these vampires get away. After all, they were slayers and these were just a few measly vampires. Nothing compared to the army of Turok Han they had faced last spring. Yes, she was going to do it. They were going in and that was final. They would be fine. Right?